When Hurricane Ida struck down in Sonya Ross's small Louisiana town in August of 2021, her family lost everything. Ross, 42, said she and her two daughters bounced around hotels for a couple of months ...

A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mph gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached Jamaica. A NOAA hurricane hunter tracking Hurricane Melissa last month measured the ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

The incredible 252 mph peak wind gust measured in Hurricane Melissa as it approached Jamaica was verified this week. That wind gust is now officially the highest wind speed ever recorded by the ...

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Melissa unleashed a fury of Category 5 winds as it approached Jamaica in October, and experts now confirm it produced the strongest gust ever recorded by NOAA Hurricane Hunters.

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

As recovery continues in Jamaica one month after the impact of Hurricane Melissa, data released has shown that the hurricane has broken worldwide records with its strength. Data confirmed on Wednesday ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hurricane Melissa has officially made more history. During a Hurricane Hunter mission a dropsonde measured a wind gust of 252 mph. After an extensive review process, the U.S. National ...

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Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released ...

As Hurricane Melissa neared the Jamaican coast, winds in the spiraling wall of clouds around its eye gusted to almost unimaginable speeds. How fast? Faster than most tornadoes. Faster than a race car ...